Nitram
Dir. Justin Kurzel
Real life serial killers are interesting to see on screen because the very crime they committed is so unusual, that…
Perfect Days
Dir. Wim Wenders
For public toilet cleaner Hirayama, “enjoy the little things in life” is more than just an adage: it’s a philosophy.…
Naked
Dir. Mike Leigh
It doesn’t matter how many years have passed, Naked is the kind of film that’s sure to shock you with…
Barton Fink
Dir. Joel Coen
Barton Fink is remarkable for many reasons, the most immediate of which is its style. Fink’s Hollywood, contrary to most…
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Dir. Héctor Babenco
Sometimes, all you need to make a good movie is to get two vastly different characters and force them to…
Missing
Dir. Nicholas D. Johnson & Will Merrick
When Big Tech and trolls have all but villainized the internet, it’s hard to forget that good can come out…
The Measure of a Man
Dir. Stéphane Brizé
If you’ve ever seen a movie by kings of social realism Ken Loach or the Dardenne brothers, you’ll recognize the…
sex, lies, and videotape
Dir. Steven Soderbergh
Remarkably, Steven Soderbergh was only 26 years old when he directed this coolly assured debut, the searingly candid script of…
You Were Never Really Here
Dir. Lynne Ramsay
The performance of a pot-bellied Joaquin Phoenix is nothing short of perfection. He brilliantly portrays a hitman down on his…
Long Day's Journey Into Night
Dir. Bi Gan
A man returns to a town chasing the memory of a woman he loved years ago. Poet turned filmmaker Bi…
Coming Home
Dir. Zhang Yimou
When adapting a novel, sometimes the book is too long to fit into a whole feature, so filmmakers would create…
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
Dir. Tommy Lee Jones
When brash Texas border officer Mike Norton wrongfully kills and buries the friend and ranch hand of Pete Perkins, the…
Days of Glory
Dir. Rachid Bouchareb
1943. They have never stepped foot on French soil but because France was at war, Said, Abdelkader, Messaoud and Yassir…
The Artist
Dir. Michel Hazanavicius
What was popular back then isn’t popular today for a reason. In film, that’s because the technology’s improved, the audience…